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Excellent analysis of TSMC's Q3 results and AI positioning! The 39% profit growth is impressive, but what really struck me was your point about TSMC being a 'safer harbor' compared to speculative AI stocks - that's spot on. TSMC is selling the pickaxes and shovels in the AI gold rush, not betting on which prospector strikes gold. The comparison to Micron's China withdrawal also highlights how TSMC's geographic concentration in Taiwan remains both its biggest strength and its biggest geopolitical risk. One thing I'd add is that the sustained HPC demand visibility through 2025 suggests the AI infrastructure buildout is far from complete, which should support their mid-30% revenue growth guidance. Also intresting how they're maintaining those margins despite heavy capex for Arizona, Japan and Germany fabs - shows real pricing power. Great work synthesizing the tecnology and geopolitical angles.

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